Fringe Vs. Outsourced: Only One Can Survive in the 'Renew Our Show' Tourney

Get yer “votin’ fingers” limbered up! It’s time for the final first-round matchup of the “Renew Our Show!” Sweet 16 Bracket Tournament. Today, our bout is between two shows that couldn’t be more different if they tried: Fox’s Friday night thriller Fringe takes on NBC’s Thursday night sitcom Outsourced, and their fates are in your hands!

“Renew Our Show!” features 16 existing on-the-bubble series; we left out the sure-fire pickups and those to which the Grim Reaper has already paid a visit. (If you’re worried about the status of anything currently on your DVR “series-recording” lineup, don’t miss our regularly updated Renewal Scorecard feature.)

Every weekday at 1 p.m. ET for the next two weeks, you’ll be able to vote in polls to help narrow down the “Renew Our Show!” field. Click here to see the entire bracket (then click again on the image for a zoomed-in view). And get ready for our Quarterfinals, which begin tomorrow!

But before that happens, you’ve got to decide between Fringe and Outsourced. Polls will be open for 72 hours, so do your civic duty, then hit the comments to justify your vote, and head to Facebook and Twitter to whip your fellow fanboys and fangirls into a frenzy.

And to get alerted to all future “Renew Our Show” showdowns, follow me on Twitter @MichaelSlezakTV. Now what are you waiting for? Get voting!

Yes I have as well. It is an excellent show and I would vote for it over Fringe in a heartbeat. Whats your problem? If you have an opinion feel free to express it but don’t give us that stinking attitude.

Considering fringe is (In my opinion) the best show on TV, and after watching the Pilot of outsourced I was kind of disgusted that it had been picked up at all, I find it hard to believe these two were put together.

I don’t watch Fringe so I don’t know if I’m the best judge. I’ve seen lots of acclaim for Fringe and it’s obvious Outsourced didn’t stand a fair chance.
The pilot *was* atrocious, but Outsourced has gotten so much funnier since then. I would really love for it to stay.

I’ve seen the movie Outsourced was based off of. The movie is MUCH better than the TV show. There is no comparision between the two except for the fact that some of the names and the title is the same.

No ifs or buts. It has to be Fringe. It’s the long tail that deserves conclusion and answers for all the loyal fans around the world. Which why it irritates me when shows get cancelled because of low or average ratings because the networks are only thinking about the home market, as opposed to the global market where there legions of fans. Hence my disappointment on the cancellation of FlashForward when here in the UK at least, it was a well-promoted and had fairly decent ratings.

When TV networks are footing the bill, the home market is all that matters. The production studios care about ancillary markets, but not the networks. If there is overlap, there is hope. In this case FOX network broadcasts the show and Warner Brothers makes it.
If FOX doesn’t believe it’s worth keeping, it’ll be up to WB to keep it in production – which they could do for as long as they want.

I’ve never known a studio to keep a series going without a network partner though. DTV movies yes – but not without a broadcast partner.

How about we cancel all the shows on CBS, and send them the subpar shows from the other networks, so that they might have some worthwhile programing over there. Oh and we don’t cancel Fringe or Outsourced. We combine them.

Damn, I didnt even know Fringe Files was still on. Are Agent Olivia Scully and Peter Mulder still cracking cases? Wait, one is a scientist, I forgot. When this show stops taking FULL episodes from X-files and Supernatural maybe I could watch. Dont watch outsourced but it got my vote.

I’ll admit Fringe started out as an X-files clone, but this season the show has finally come into its own, it has its own identity and a very clear, very intriguing “endgame.” Really, if they want to avoid getting canceled, they should do like LOST and negotiate an end date (but have an actual good ending)…

Yeah man, you are really out of the loop on this one. It did start out like x-files, but midway through season 2 it was a completely different (and much, much better) show. i would dare to say that even towards the end of season 1 it was different.

So you just randomly go places that mean nothing to you so you can hate a little? I get it, there are always people out there who like to crap on what others like so that they will be unhappy and hateful like them.

Maybe the stupid bastards in charge of this website might wanrt to actually update the bottom half of the bracket at some point? You know if the quarter-finals start tomorrow maybe they could let us see who made it through in the bottom half of the bracket.